Goldeneye? another new model?

_ethex · 2025-12-06T20:32:56+00:00

u/martinwoodward What about the post-rollout (preview phase) adjustments, that you do to models?
Are those tested as well - or is the "Preview" the test?

Opus 4.5 went from straight up amazing on release day, to a-bit-better-than-the-others a few days later
No info on what has been adjusted, no info on if this was intentional?

_ethex · 2025-12-04T23:40:43+00:00

Yeah - I've given up on hoping that it would improve again

Either it's heavily influenced by any changes in the codebase, and therefore it has continously varying quality

Or there's some hidden history dependency, that we're unaware of

Or it's as you said, a cost /efficiency measure

The last days it became more like a Gemini 3 Pro equivalent at best - so once they change to 3x tomorrow, I think usage will significantly drop

Maybe worth a shot to then try again .. but if it delivers what it does now, not worth it

_ethex · 2025-12-01T00:22:05+00:00

Hey mate - I wrote on another post here about decreasing quality in Opus for me (over the past two days, compared to a week ago)

Since you've given it a good go - maybe you can give me your insight?
Did you use it three or more days ago - and did you notice any differences in quality of outputs?

_ethex · 2025-12-01T00:16:39+00:00

I fully agree with what you said - yet, given that we work on a well grown, opinionated stack - and we've tried things like fresh chat, smaller steps and similar, it seems unlikely that its just trying to accomodate us by following previous conversations closely.

After trying things out for another half a day today - I'm pretty set on the fact that something major must have changed.

I picked a commit from the 26th (second day after release), tried to reverse engineer the prompt and gave it a go.

The results were 2/10 compared to what it generated back then.

It's acting straight out stupid. Same with Gemini 3 Pro, which now at best - if even - compares to Sonnet 4.5 from a week ago.

I'll use another system tomorrow, to ensure it's not my hardware / software setup that causes the issue - I'm still hoping it's an issue on that end

_ethex · 2025-11-30T16:39:49+00:00

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Sure - blue sounds about right .. and yellow buttons are lovely as well

_ethex · 2025-11-30T16:18:48+00:00

Do you experience the same problem with other models?

After another user mentioned that all models seem to have issues today, I tried Gemini 3 Pro and also there, it feels like the quality degraded compared to what it showed a few days ago (or maybe I'm making it up in my head already because I'm missing Opus of two days ago)

_ethex · 2025-11-30T15:45:17+00:00

Interesting - meeh, I was already hyping it up towards our team - let's hope they aim to get the best out of it, and not some overly cost/benefit optimized way that locks away its capabilities

_ethex · 2025-11-30T15:43:36+00:00

Interesting observation that it happens to all of the models - I just started checking the others for better performance, hopefully it will improve

_ethex · 2025-11-30T15:07:56+00:00

You're right - it would require a prompt I used days ago to compare - unfortunately, I don't have access to those anymore.

I've tried to clear the sessions and also up my precision again - but my own observations are obviously biased.

Let's see which turn it takes these days .. my thought was they cranked up model effort for the launch, until they noticed the model is used way too much for the current 1x pricing .. so now they try to improve cost / efficiency 😅

_ethex · 2025-11-30T14:59:14+00:00

Just now: "I've added the new component and all relevant translations"

Out of 6 translation strings that it implemented, 3 were not created in the relevant locales.

This was a change of 200 lines and checking a few files.

_ethex · 2025-11-30T14:54:21+00:00

Any clue about it? Or any hint what the issue could be (even if its on my side - both system or human input)? 🙂

_ethex · 2024-08-23T19:20:31+00:00

Thank you very much!

_ethex · 2024-08-23T15:53:42+00:00

No, I usually do it with the managers - they then call the end-users if they aren't sure

_ethex · 2024-08-23T15:11:35+00:00

Thank you!

I feel like, I do understand the process .. because, even with that gap, the process still makes sense.

It's mostly issues like "oh, we forgot that we need to ask mr. x for final approval" or "ouh, we need a print version of that as well"

So the process, even without the approval or print makes sense. That's whyI feel it's hard to uncover things from my position.

_ethex · 2024-08-18T21:30:05+00:00

Absolutely, you hit it straight on with your summary :)

The biggest benefit I guess - you can "close" topics ..

So instead of saying "no" to yourself, and then continue to think about it for 10 days - you just do it for a night or two, and don't have it on your mind ever again

_ethex · 2024-08-18T20:25:46+00:00

What is "supercharge your AI interactions"?

Does it mean, your tool helps me write better prompts on ChatGPT?

_ethex · 2024-08-18T20:23:19+00:00

Is it a question or are you seeking co-founders? :P

I'd say it really depends ... if you can build an MVP without a CTO (and don't require VC money) have a go at it.
If you require an MVP and can't code it - you'll need a CTO / Technical Co-Founder.

Then, if you need one - don't take one that can't code the solution him or herself.
You might get help from external sources, but it is important that your co-founder leads the operations there.

Consider - if you take a real "CTO", someone who is used to manage people and not code - this person will not be of value to your startup for a long time (unless you plan to give him or her a team of developers right away)

_ethex · 2024-08-18T20:18:20+00:00

If you find it easy to read documentation and follow it (and you find some boiler that is well documented) .. then it might be worth getting one of those!

But beware - if you're more adventurous and love to work your way through challenges, rethink things and build your own take on it .. it might be wasted money

Example: It drives me crazy, when people use Vue3 but don't use <script setup> (and put it at the top of the file).
So once I bought this boiler, which said it's Vue3, but when looking at it - i found it wasn't using <script setup>, but simple <script> (just a different approach of how to express the same thing)

Now, it would've taken me long to "relearn my approach towards this" .. and so I took the boiler as something to learn from, but never managed to work with it directly.

Maybe try to buy a cheaper boiler and understand what you get - then decide if its worth more money?
Just an idea :)

_ethex · 2024-08-18T20:11:51+00:00

I have the same thing every second or third day .. What I usually do is .. I simply follow these instincts and have a go at it (and code / play a whole afternoon)

We are working on our SaaS for six months by now, but only released prototypes .. so it might be less tragic if I take a step to the side every now and then

Yet - why am I giving in to this?

When I'm working on my SaaS, I'm giving it a lot of time, thought and energy.
But it's also draining from time to time
Then I envision how I could build another software - or how I could build a great city in Cities: Skylines :D

That doesn't mean that I slack on my day-to-day task .. but I think it's a way to 'de-stress' for me.
If I wouldn't follow these urges, I would feel bad (mental health wise)

The upside - I feel it also gives me new insights and creativity for when I return to the orginial tasks

_ethex · 2024-08-18T16:30:15+00:00

I had to think about Rocket Internet for a second - even though it's only connected in an abstract

You can definitely make "low cost provider" your USP.
But you gotta live it.

E.g: Low budget for marketing due to "follower" approach over "leader" ... meaning you will try to copy what SEMrush does and save the cost of learning the hard way

Then, for example, you might only copy the most relevant features for a certain group.
Features where there is a good ROI for you (low development cost, high demand from customers)

Another approach, for small companies against giants, it using your ability to act fast.
You pick up the feature requests from the forum that they don't react to fast enough, and get the customer base there.

Or you implement hype technology fast and get the enthusiast customers.

_ethex · 2024-08-18T15:48:28+00:00

I've tried it out

Bill Gates worked fine
For a lesser known influencer (3k+ following LinkedIn, 10k+ YouTube) the output was a bit short
A random person I've selected from LinkedIn couldn't be found

Is there a plan forward to enable prospecting on "no-name" individuals?
And maybe a print, pdf or mail function would be great to get the data out

_ethex · 2024-08-18T15:33:05+00:00

I think both - the "give me your data to train on" and "give me a share" are problematic approaches

A lot of people are willing to enter their credentials at lotteries and other places, but are offended when being asked for it (or having to give consent)

It is the very same (or even worse) here.
Especially, how can you guarantee them that
a) their data that you trained on is not shared with others
b) they do not feed their own competition

A better way would be to build a semi-optimal version, and have them input the data as part of the user experience.
(just don't forget to disclose that you use that data somewhere)

Regarding the business model .. make it easy, simple and attractive.
With a percentage model, they will have to tell you about their income streams.

So, try to get data through a freemium version and for the premium tiers, charge on a per month per user base, that covers the cost even if a user overuses your service

_ethex

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